"I thought you'd died Harry." Said Draco in a stronger tone than he used
earlier.
"I thought I'd died as well." Said Harry
"What happened?" Asked Draco as he set Harry down on the couch with him and Sirius took a seat on the couch across them.
"Well, Lucius used the Avada curse on me. I thought I'd never have enough strength to fight it but I heard a voice, I heard you Draco, you were telling me not to go so I didn't. I kept holding on. I kept trying to hold on for as long as I could but in the end I gave way. I didn't have enough strength after what Ron had done to be the night before."
"What? That doesn't make sense. And Ron did WHAT to you? Oh God Harry, I wish I was there. I wish I was there to take all the pain away."
"It's okay Draco. I'm fine. My body is just really hurting and I'm really hungry."
Sirius got up and made his way to the kitchen. Sirius immediately returned with Winkby, the house elf, behind him holding a large tray filled with food.
"Harry, I felt you die though. I felt you die, your soul was gone. I felt it. The heart in out book cracked as well. It was over, you had died."
Harry shrugged while taking a bite out of a drumstick. "Get the book. I want to see what happened."
Draco obeyed and quickly returned with the book in hand. Draco hadn't taken a look at the book when he picked it up. Draco had simply grabbed it and ran downstairs to show Harry.
Harry looked at the heart and raised his eyebrow at Draco. "Draco, the heart looks fine."
Harry handed Draco the book and Draco looked at it in shock. "It was broken!"
Sirius nodded, "Remus and I saw it. It started cracking and it started losing strength."
Harry thought about this, "I think we need to talk to some other people about this. None of what happened is really making sense."
Sirius nodded at made his way to the fireplace.
A few seconds later Albus, Minverva, Severus, Remus, and Hermione had appeared in the room. Hermone had walked downstairs while the other four apparated into the room.
All five of them starred at Harry when their eyes came upon the apparently dead boy.
Draco and Sirius were trying to get everyone to sit down somewhere so they didn't tip over and break something from shock.
"Yeah, I'm in shock as well." Said Draco after everyone had finally taken a seat.
"How?" Asked Remus
"We don't know." Said Draco
Severus looked at Harry and asked, "Are you really back?" with a raised eyebrow.
Harry nodded and smiled. Anyone who didn't know what Harry had been through before would have thought Harry had gone insane. Harry smiling at Snape? Snape giving a damn about Harry's well being?
Hermione ran over from her seat and gave Harry a hug.
"Hermione-" Said Harry hugging Hermione back
"Harry your back oh my God! I thought I'd never see you again." Interrupted Hermione
"Hermione, your okay."
Hermione nodded. "It's okay. Sirius and Lupin spent a lot of time trying to make me feel better and I realized that even though something so tragic happened, it's okay because I'm strong and I have a life ahead of me. By giving into the evil and becoming lost in spirit would just be letting him win and I'm not going to do that. Instead I'm going to live a life and continue fighting. It's hard but I'm getting through. Then one day, I'll be more than what he would ever have expected and I'll shove that in his face."
"Hermione?" Said Harry, "Hermione, he's gone."
Hermione stiffened.
"I don't know how but Voldemort was really angry with him before Voldemort killed me. When I woke up I saw a coffin beside mine with his name on it."
Harry held Hermione tighter. He hoped this wasn't going to break the strong spirit of Hermione.
Hermione shrugged, "That's even better. Now I know that he must have gotten what he deserved. I can only hope it hurt him as much as he hurt me."
Harry patted Hermione's back and released her so she could return to her seat.
"So, what exactly happened Harry?" Asked Minerva
Harry explained as much as he could and Draco filled in the little details that Harry hadn't noticed or didn't see from Draco's point of view.
"What I don't understand," Said Harry, "Is how I came back alive. I know I died, Draco knows I died because we both felt it but I'm not dead."
Albus raised his hand to signify that he was going to answer this question. "Well Harry, in the world of magic, things do not always happen the way it should happen. No one knows why. We can only guess at it. What I guess is that the reason for that is one very similar to the reason to why you survived the same curse when it was initially cast on you for the very first time."
Harry looked at Albus curiously, "But no one died for me."
"You don't think so do you?" Asked Albus
"Who?" Asked Harry with fear.
"He's sitting right beside you Harry." Replied Albus looking at Draco
Draco's eyes shot wide open, "I'm not dead."
"No, Draco you are very much alive, but you felt like you had died didn't you?" Asked Albus, "It had hurt so much to know that Harry had died that you felt your soul split in two didn't you?"
Draco couldn't respond. He didn't know what to say to this. Neither did anyone else apparently.
"Draco, Harry, you are both very incredible wizards. There are things between the two of you that many wizards have never had a chance to even catch a glimpse of. There is such power within the both of you that no one can take away. That power is love."
Harry looked at Draco and Draco nodded in confirmation that he had told the others about their love. Harry looked back at Albus.
"But the love that you both have is not just love. You are both soul mates which is an incredible bond in itself."
"But, sir, soul mate's have been separated before, they have died before." Said Draco
"Yes, but your bond is special."
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Draco
"Well, seeing the letter given to me from my dear friend Mr. Ollivander's it is saying quite a bit about the two of you."
"You mean that wand?" Asked Harry
"Yes Harry, that wand. I have no doubt that if you are able to hold that wand in your hand that Draco would also be able to hold the wand."
Harry ran upstairs to his room to fetch the wand.
When he returned the elder members who were sitting in the room all looked at the wand in shock.
"Is that?" Asked Minerva
Harry nodded.
"Oh my! I didn't know it still existed." Said Minerva
"I didn't know it existed at all." Said Harry
Dumbledore smiled at Harry, "If anyone either than yourself and Draco were to take this wand into his or her hand they would either burn or have another unpleasant curse cast upon them. But if you are a powerful enough wizard to be able to hold the wand, I have no doubt that Draco cannot."
Harry held the wand out to Draco. Draco took no hesitation to take the wand into his hands. He had no doubt in his mind that him and Harry were soul mates and so therefore, he had no doubt either that he could not hold the wand.
"Oh my! Harry, it feels like such power." Said Draco wide eyed as he looked at his hand and the wand.
Harry nodded while the others, excluding Albus, watched in wide eye.
Draco looked up at Harry and smiled, Harry smiled back.
"You saved my life again Draco." Said Harry and without another word that passed Draco ran up to Harry and hugged him.
"I thought I'd lost you Harry." Said Draco again but this time not allowing tears to slip.
Harry hugged his dragon back firmly.
"Well, I think that answers all our questions then." Said Albus getting up.
Harry released Draco and said, "Wait! I have another question!"
Albus took his seat once again and focused his entire attention on the boy with jet-black hair.
"Uh, wait, it's a really silly question, never mind." Said Harry realizing his question really was silly.
"Nonsense, what is your question?" Said Severus
"Well, I was in a dungeon right? Why was there light that spilled into the room from a window?"
"Oh! I can answer that one!" Said Draco
Harry raised an eyebrow at his blonde lover.
"That room has always had that. The window is enchanted to show the weather outside. It was a request from Voldemort. He's weird, strange requests and junk. But he wanted it and to Lucius, whatever Voldemort wants, Voldemort gets."
"Oh. Okay." Said Harry feeling totally stupid for asking such a stupid question.
"Yes well, that must have been weird being down there in a room full of coffins. Absolutely understandable." Said Severus sensing the Griffindor's embarrassment.
Harry smiled at Severus in thanks for the feeling of relief the man just gave him.
"I thought I'd died as well." Said Harry
"What happened?" Asked Draco as he set Harry down on the couch with him and Sirius took a seat on the couch across them.
"Well, Lucius used the Avada curse on me. I thought I'd never have enough strength to fight it but I heard a voice, I heard you Draco, you were telling me not to go so I didn't. I kept holding on. I kept trying to hold on for as long as I could but in the end I gave way. I didn't have enough strength after what Ron had done to be the night before."
"What? That doesn't make sense. And Ron did WHAT to you? Oh God Harry, I wish I was there. I wish I was there to take all the pain away."
"It's okay Draco. I'm fine. My body is just really hurting and I'm really hungry."
Sirius got up and made his way to the kitchen. Sirius immediately returned with Winkby, the house elf, behind him holding a large tray filled with food.
"Harry, I felt you die though. I felt you die, your soul was gone. I felt it. The heart in out book cracked as well. It was over, you had died."
Harry shrugged while taking a bite out of a drumstick. "Get the book. I want to see what happened."
Draco obeyed and quickly returned with the book in hand. Draco hadn't taken a look at the book when he picked it up. Draco had simply grabbed it and ran downstairs to show Harry.
Harry looked at the heart and raised his eyebrow at Draco. "Draco, the heart looks fine."
Harry handed Draco the book and Draco looked at it in shock. "It was broken!"
Sirius nodded, "Remus and I saw it. It started cracking and it started losing strength."
Harry thought about this, "I think we need to talk to some other people about this. None of what happened is really making sense."
Sirius nodded at made his way to the fireplace.
A few seconds later Albus, Minverva, Severus, Remus, and Hermione had appeared in the room. Hermone had walked downstairs while the other four apparated into the room.
All five of them starred at Harry when their eyes came upon the apparently dead boy.
Draco and Sirius were trying to get everyone to sit down somewhere so they didn't tip over and break something from shock.
"Yeah, I'm in shock as well." Said Draco after everyone had finally taken a seat.
"How?" Asked Remus
"We don't know." Said Draco
Severus looked at Harry and asked, "Are you really back?" with a raised eyebrow.
Harry nodded and smiled. Anyone who didn't know what Harry had been through before would have thought Harry had gone insane. Harry smiling at Snape? Snape giving a damn about Harry's well being?
Hermione ran over from her seat and gave Harry a hug.
"Hermione-" Said Harry hugging Hermione back
"Harry your back oh my God! I thought I'd never see you again." Interrupted Hermione
"Hermione, your okay."
Hermione nodded. "It's okay. Sirius and Lupin spent a lot of time trying to make me feel better and I realized that even though something so tragic happened, it's okay because I'm strong and I have a life ahead of me. By giving into the evil and becoming lost in spirit would just be letting him win and I'm not going to do that. Instead I'm going to live a life and continue fighting. It's hard but I'm getting through. Then one day, I'll be more than what he would ever have expected and I'll shove that in his face."
"Hermione?" Said Harry, "Hermione, he's gone."
Hermione stiffened.
"I don't know how but Voldemort was really angry with him before Voldemort killed me. When I woke up I saw a coffin beside mine with his name on it."
Harry held Hermione tighter. He hoped this wasn't going to break the strong spirit of Hermione.
Hermione shrugged, "That's even better. Now I know that he must have gotten what he deserved. I can only hope it hurt him as much as he hurt me."
Harry patted Hermione's back and released her so she could return to her seat.
"So, what exactly happened Harry?" Asked Minerva
Harry explained as much as he could and Draco filled in the little details that Harry hadn't noticed or didn't see from Draco's point of view.
"What I don't understand," Said Harry, "Is how I came back alive. I know I died, Draco knows I died because we both felt it but I'm not dead."
Albus raised his hand to signify that he was going to answer this question. "Well Harry, in the world of magic, things do not always happen the way it should happen. No one knows why. We can only guess at it. What I guess is that the reason for that is one very similar to the reason to why you survived the same curse when it was initially cast on you for the very first time."
Harry looked at Albus curiously, "But no one died for me."
"You don't think so do you?" Asked Albus
"Who?" Asked Harry with fear.
"He's sitting right beside you Harry." Replied Albus looking at Draco
Draco's eyes shot wide open, "I'm not dead."
"No, Draco you are very much alive, but you felt like you had died didn't you?" Asked Albus, "It had hurt so much to know that Harry had died that you felt your soul split in two didn't you?"
Draco couldn't respond. He didn't know what to say to this. Neither did anyone else apparently.
"Draco, Harry, you are both very incredible wizards. There are things between the two of you that many wizards have never had a chance to even catch a glimpse of. There is such power within the both of you that no one can take away. That power is love."
Harry looked at Draco and Draco nodded in confirmation that he had told the others about their love. Harry looked back at Albus.
"But the love that you both have is not just love. You are both soul mates which is an incredible bond in itself."
"But, sir, soul mate's have been separated before, they have died before." Said Draco
"Yes, but your bond is special."
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Draco
"Well, seeing the letter given to me from my dear friend Mr. Ollivander's it is saying quite a bit about the two of you."
"You mean that wand?" Asked Harry
"Yes Harry, that wand. I have no doubt that if you are able to hold that wand in your hand that Draco would also be able to hold the wand."
Harry ran upstairs to his room to fetch the wand.
When he returned the elder members who were sitting in the room all looked at the wand in shock.
"Is that?" Asked Minerva
Harry nodded.
"Oh my! I didn't know it still existed." Said Minerva
"I didn't know it existed at all." Said Harry
Dumbledore smiled at Harry, "If anyone either than yourself and Draco were to take this wand into his or her hand they would either burn or have another unpleasant curse cast upon them. But if you are a powerful enough wizard to be able to hold the wand, I have no doubt that Draco cannot."
Harry held the wand out to Draco. Draco took no hesitation to take the wand into his hands. He had no doubt in his mind that him and Harry were soul mates and so therefore, he had no doubt either that he could not hold the wand.
"Oh my! Harry, it feels like such power." Said Draco wide eyed as he looked at his hand and the wand.
Harry nodded while the others, excluding Albus, watched in wide eye.
Draco looked up at Harry and smiled, Harry smiled back.
"You saved my life again Draco." Said Harry and without another word that passed Draco ran up to Harry and hugged him.
"I thought I'd lost you Harry." Said Draco again but this time not allowing tears to slip.
Harry hugged his dragon back firmly.
"Well, I think that answers all our questions then." Said Albus getting up.
Harry released Draco and said, "Wait! I have another question!"
Albus took his seat once again and focused his entire attention on the boy with jet-black hair.
"Uh, wait, it's a really silly question, never mind." Said Harry realizing his question really was silly.
"Nonsense, what is your question?" Said Severus
"Well, I was in a dungeon right? Why was there light that spilled into the room from a window?"
"Oh! I can answer that one!" Said Draco
Harry raised an eyebrow at his blonde lover.
"That room has always had that. The window is enchanted to show the weather outside. It was a request from Voldemort. He's weird, strange requests and junk. But he wanted it and to Lucius, whatever Voldemort wants, Voldemort gets."
"Oh. Okay." Said Harry feeling totally stupid for asking such a stupid question.
"Yes well, that must have been weird being down there in a room full of coffins. Absolutely understandable." Said Severus sensing the Griffindor's embarrassment.
Harry smiled at Severus in thanks for the feeling of relief the man just gave him.